Energy Efficient AMD Processors Reach Retail
by Justin Thomas, Virginia 
on 07. 8.06
In May, AMD announced that their new Athlon processors were built for energy efficiecy. AMD said the processors would cut the power requirements of desktop processors by over one-third, boosting the performance-per-watt process. Basically, the processors will reduce power consumption in active and idle states. We featured AMD previously for their green energy initatives, and because they are reducing the lead contained in their chips.
Now, the new AMD processors, the Athlon 64, Athlon 64 X2 and Sempron processors are currently available in several stores in Japan.
A number of stores in Japan have begun to sell energy efficient versions of AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ and 4200+ models, which consume 65W, down from typical 89W thermal design power (TDP).
In terms of energy consumption, laptop computers consume much less power, and they run on DC voltage — an advantage for off-grid users.
:: Via X-bit Labs
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